It's Friday Impacters,
We all know what that means don't we? - it's time for us to worship and seek the Lord at Impact tonight. We should be doing this regularly anyway, apart from Friday nights - we always say, "God cares more about what happens outside of the building than what happens inside it." Now for all of you who might come at me with a theological standpoint and say, "Jesus wants us to be in Church" this is for you...you are absolutely correct! I 110% agree with you that Christ no doubt calls us to be in community with believers and to constantly be encouraging one another but I also know that our calling is to go into the world and make disciples of His name. We can't do that if the only time we are being intentional with people is at Church. A good percentage of the people in the church are already going to be believers, but again this doesn't negate our responsibility to sharpen one another either. We are to continually challenge one another and keep each other accountable. Paul commanded Timothy to train himself in Godliness - are you doing this? Better yet, are you training others the same way? That's what we're going to be looking at this week - now that we are saved, believers, disciples, chosen ones or whatever you want to call yourself, what does God expect of you - what are we called to do now?
I'm tired of a generation where the heathen, fallen, and evil world has more boldness than believers who bear the name of the most powerful being in the universe - He who is the supreme example of courage, Jesus Christ. We'll be studying Hebrews 10 tonight, it says, "Therefore, brothers, since we have 'confidence' to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God." We can be 'CONFIDENT' in the sacrifice of our Savior and the power of his death and resurrection. This event holds the greatest significance for us as followers of Christ and it's the center of our theology. Without it, we are no better than any other pagan religion.
So, don't miss out as we finish our series Then&There/Here&Now week 2 - Here&Now. I'm excited to share what God's been working on in me this week. I know it's something we all need to hear, whether you have been a believer for 20 years or 6 months.
I'm blessed to be able to share my weekly thoughts with you all - I love you all very much.
Bay Life Church • 1017 Kingsway Rd Brandon, FL 33510 • baylife.org
Michael Sanders
Impact Intern
Bay Life Church
813-661-3696 ext 227
